Re: "Qumran Archaeology: More Grave Errors"

"Carl" <pchristainsen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
On Nov 20, 1:31 am, view.is.h...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
On Nov 19, 9:28 pm, David <pchristain...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Qumran was fortified ... by ... Essene zealots

= you are a crackpot

For starters,

"When Hippolytus (160-235 CE) describes the
Essenes as zealots, he is referring to the coalition whose fervent
nationalism led them into practices of forcible circumcision and
avoidance of images (Refutation of All Heresies, Book 9, ch. 21)."


Stop crossposting to sci.archaeology
.